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HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING / Re: 30 years
« Last post by Salvo on April 22, 2024, 08:29:26 pm ».
This afternoon, i built more Layens frames. Build, build, build.
Yesterday, a fellow beek had a nice sized, wild swarm move into a spare nuc box behind his shed. I quickly dumped them into a Layens swarm trap with a bit of old comb on one frame and moved it the 4 miles to my house. It looks like they are staying in the box. Whoo-hoo! Free bees!
They built no comb. Just that tiny bit?
Usually, if there is any real, decent sized swarm, they build comb immediately. They completely fill up my swarm traps with comb in less than two weeks.
That was something that shocked me as well, they're comb building machines at that stage. That part doesn't make sense since they're been around for over a week.The ideal age for comb production workers is 12 to 18 days. Most of those perfect age bees probably left with the primary swarm. Smaller secondary swarms don't always have enough right age bees and resources. Less than 10% of swarms survive, not all swarms are comb building machines.
They built no comb. Just that tiny bit?
Usually, if there is any real, decent sized swarm, they build comb immediately. They completely fill up my swarm traps with comb in less than two weeks.